1943 Season

Negro National League II

1942 / 1944

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)
Frank Forbes (Director of League Promotions)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Johnny
Wright

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Josh Gibson	HG	.867
2	Tetelo Vargas	NYC	.587
3	Larry Doby	NE	.553
4	Buck Leonard	HG	.504
5	Howard Easterling	HG	.502
6	Johnny Davis	NE	.500
7	Marvin Barker	NBY	.488
8	Lennie Pearson	MULT	.486
9	Jerry Benjamin	HG	.478
10	George Scales	BEG	.452

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	94
2	Johnny Wright	HG	94
3	Dave Barnhill	NYC	87
4	Tom Glover	BEG	60
5	Lefty Boone	HSS	51
6	Edsall Walker	HG	51
7	Barney Brown	PS	50
8	Spoon Carter	HG	44
9	Leniel Hooker	NE/PS	43
10	Leon Day	NE	39

Wins Above Replacement

Position:

League:

Bats:

All

Throws:

All

Teams

#	Team	Lg	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	2781	594.1	32.4	17.8	2.3	12.4
2	New York Cubans	NN2	1480	319.0	12.7	3.9	1.7	7.1
3	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	1934	427.0	5.5	3.6	0.7	1.2
4	Newark Eagles	NN2	1344	297.0	4.9	1.5	-1.0	4.4
5	Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars	NN2	534	126.0	2.3	-0.9	0.9	2.3
6	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	1836	424.2	0.0	-1.8	-2.4	4.2
7	New York Black Yankees	NN2	1164	259.0	-6.3	-1.2	-1.8	-3.3
	7	1	11073	2447.0	51.6	23.0	0.3	28.3

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Josh Gibson	HG	C	302		6.7	6.4	0.2	0.0	0.1
2	Johnny Wright	HG	P	80	181.0	6.2	-0.3	0.0	6.5	0.0
3	Dave Barnhill	NYC	P	63	127.1	5.1	0.4	0.0	4.7	0.0
4	Bill Byrd	BEG/PS	P	123	135.0	4.6	0.0	-0.4	5.0	0.0
5	Jerry Benjamin	HG	CF	328		3.0	2.5	0.5	0.0	-0.1
6	Edsall Walker	HG	P	54	112.2	2.8	0.6	-0.1	2.3	0.0
7	Howard Easterling	HG	2B	268		2.7	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.1
8	Buck Leonard	HG	1B	306		2.4	2.6	0.0	0.0	-0.3
9	Sam Bankhead	HG	SS	301		2.3	0.2	1.7	0.0	0.4
10	Spoon Carter	HG	P	58	120.0	2.3	-0.1	-0.1	2.4	0.0
11	Barney Brown	PS	RF	150	129.1	2.0	0.7	0.0	1.4	-0.1
12	Tetelo Vargas	NYC	CF	136		2.0	2.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
13	Cool Papa Bell	HG	LF	298		1.7	2.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
14	Leniel Hooker	NE/PS	P	37	84.2	1.7	-0.1	0.0	1.8	0.0
15	Pancho Coimbre	NYC	RF	158	9.0	1.6	1.0	0.1	0.6	-0.1
16	Larry Doby	NE	2B	127		1.6	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.1
17	Goose Curry	PS	RF	202	41.2	1.4	1.0	0.1	0.4	-0.1
18	Lennie Pearson	MULT	1B	159		1.3	0.8	0.6	0.0	-0.1
19	Bill Anderson	NYC/HG	P	40	85.1	1.3	-0.3	0.0	1.6	0.0
20	Gene Benson	PS	CF	205		1.3	0.6	0.7	0.0	0.0
21	Jud Wilson	HG	3B	246		1.3	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
22	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	129	16.1	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0
23	Tom Glover	BEG	P	32	86.1	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
24	Neck Stanley	NBY	P	17	55.2	1.0	-0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
25	Johnny Davis	NE	CF	151	6.1	1.0	0.9	-0.2	0.3	0.0
26	Jim West	PS	1B	214		0.9	0.9	0.1	0.0	-0.2
27	R. T. Walker	HSS	P	13	25.1	0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
28	Ray Brown	HG	RF	126	74.2	0.9	0.2	-0.5	1.2	-0.1
29	Frank McAllister	HSS	P	26	38.2	0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
30	Charlie Rivera	NYC	2B	123		0.7	-0.2	0.9	0.0	0.1
31	Rogelio Linares	NYC	LF	133		0.7	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.1
32	Leon Day	NE/PS	2B	124	52.2	0.7	-0.2	-0.4	1.3	0.0
33	Tom Parker	HSS	RF	61	5.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.1	-0.1
34	Marvin Williams	PS	SS	53		0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1
35	Roy Partlow	HG	P	25	36.0	0.6	0.3	-0.1	0.4	0.0
36	Robert Keyes	PS	P	11	23.2	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
37	Henry Kimbro	BEG	CF	207		0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
38	Lefty Boone	HSS	P	18	45.1	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
39	George Scales	BEG	3B	152		0.5	0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
40	Rabbit Martínez	NYC	SS	134		0.5	-0.2	0.5	0.0	0.2
41	Charlie Shields	HG	P	15	28.1	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
42	Cotton Williams	NE	SS	67	27.0	0.5	-0.3	-0.3	1.0	0.0
43	Bill Harvey	BEG	RF	105	90.2	0.5	-0.2	-0.1	0.8	-0.1
44	Jimmy Hill	NE	P	26	58.2	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
45	Specs Roberts	NBY	P	3	8.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
46	Henry Spearman	PS	3B	210		0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
47	Dave Thomas	NYC	1B	136		0.4	0.8	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
48	Vic Harris	HG	RF	153		0.4	0.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
49	Jimmy Ford	MULT	2B	87		0.4	-0.2	0.5	0.0	0.1
50	Bill Hoskins	BEG	LF	151		0.3	-0.1	0.5	0.0	-0.1
51	Verdell Mathis	PS	P	11	25.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
52	Lou Louden	NYC	C	106		0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
53	Larry St. Thomas	NE	C	24		0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
54	Bill Cash	PS	C	180		0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.1
55	Buddy Armour	HSS/NBY	CF	56		0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
56	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	153		0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
57	Ches Buchanan	PS	P	30	73.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
58	Ameal Brooks	NYC	LF	129		0.3	0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.0
59	Carrenza Howard	NYC	P	19	44.2	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0
60	Eddie Perry	BEG	P		3.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
61	James Brown	NE	RF	41	5.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
62	Sy Morton	PS	2B	100		0.2	-0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
63	Marlin Carter	HSS	3B	35		0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
64	Mule Suttles	NE	1B	15	2.0	0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.0
65	Leon Ruffin	NE	C	117		0.1	-0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
66	Leonard	NBY	RF	1		0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
67	Harry Williams	HSS/NBY	SS	93		0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.1
68	Javier Pérez	NYC	2B	125		0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
69	Thad Christopher	HG/BEG	LF	27		0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Curley Andrews	PS	2B	3		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Zack Clayton	NBY	1B	100		0.1	-0.4	0.6	0.0	-0.1
72	Charles Dean	NBY	C	8		0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Bill Cooper	PS	C	4		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Pete Sunkett	PS	2B	40	3.1	0.0	-0.1	0.5	-0.3	0.0
75	Jimmy Everett	NBY	LF	15		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
76	Jimmy Johnson	PS	SS	57		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
77	Andy Love	HSS	C	3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Charlie Humber	BEG	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Mahlon Duckett	PS	SS	60		0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1
80	Barney Morris	NYC	P		1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Ollie West	HG	P	4	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Rodolfo Fernández	NYC	P	6	13.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
83	Honey Jenkins	PS	2B	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Jim Williams	NBY	-	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Jim Smith	NE	C	4		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
86	Lefty Turner	HSS	1B	11		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Collins Jones	HSS	SS	14		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Buster Johnson	NBY	CF			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Max Manning	NE	P	3	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Luis Tiant	NYC	P	5	10.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Henry Miller	PS	P	1	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Morrison	PS	-	2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Monte Irvin	NE	CF	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Bozo Jackson	PS	SS	13		0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
95	Cowboy Murray	BEG	P	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Jeff Shelton	HSS	RF	3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Roy K. Williams	NBY	P	3	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Jake Dunn	PS	P	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Junior Scales	BEG	3B	6		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Billy Horne	HSS	2B	5		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
101	Jackson	NBY	SS	5		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Ben Keeling	NE	SS	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Ed Butler	NE	SS	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Norman Robinson	BEG	3B	1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Eli Williams	HSS	RF	32		0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
106	Alex Allen	NBY	LF	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Frank McCoy	HSS	C	6		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Dan Wilson	HSS	LF	60		-0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
109	Johnson	HSS	3B	5		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Willie Stevenson	HG	P	3	6.2	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
111	Johnny Flowers	NBY	1B	8		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Skin Down Robinson	NBY	3B	76		-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
113	William Randall	HG	CF	4		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	William Makell	BEG	C	8		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	63		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
116	Julius Tisdale	NBY	LF	4		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
117	Freddie Shepard	BEG	3B	5		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Jim Starks	HSS/NBY	1B	46		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Ronnie Brown	HSS	1B	4		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Ted Brown	BEG	SS	19		-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
121	Doc Dennis	BEG	SS	37		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Frank Williams	HG	RF	5		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Ed Stone	NBY/NE	RF	61		-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
124	Robert Gaston	HG	C	52		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Obie Lackey	NBY	LF	8		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
126	John Fitzgerald	NE	LF	11		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
127	Bob Griffith	NBY	P	68	56.2	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0
128	Roosevelt Cox	NBY/NYC	3B	124		-0.1	-0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0
129	Al Preston	NBY	P		0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
130	Art Milton	BEG/NBY	1B	11		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
131	Bill Lynn	HG	P		0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
132	Jim Jones	BEG	RF	77		-0.2	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
133	Doug Sydnor	NYC/NBY	LF	53		-0.2	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
134	Dave Harper	PS	RF	8		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
135	Judge Owens	BEG	2B	18		-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
136	Joe Black	BEG	P	1	3.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
137	Charley Carter	BEG	P	2	5.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
138	Jim Elam	NE	P	13	31.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
139	Earl Richardson	NE	SS	50		-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
140	Clarence Palm	NBY	C	24		-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
141	Wilmore Williams	NE	RF	61		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
142	Eugene Jones	HG	P	11	23.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
143	Eddie Berry	BEG	P	2	4.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
144	Stanley Glenn	PS	C	3		-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
145	Biggie Williams	BEG	RF	23		-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
146	Ben Hill	PS	P	8	16.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
147	Willie Bunn	PS/NBY	P	7	17.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
148	Lefty Mellix	HG	P		1.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
149	Bob Harvey	NE	LF	69		-0.3	0.2	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
150	Joe Spencer	MULT	2B	84		-0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1
151	Martin Crue	NYC	P	14	29.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
152	Rufus Baker	NBY	SS	119		-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.2
153	Chesley Gray	HSS	C	48		-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
154	Buddy Burbage	PS	LF	35		-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
155	Willie Burns	BEG	P	20	37.2	-0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.6	0.0
156	George Kemp	NBY	C	70		-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
157	Bob Clarke	BEG/PS	C	148		-0.4	-0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1
158	Harvey Young	BEG	SS	53		-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.1
159	Lefty Calhoun	HSS	P	7	11.2	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
160	Flash Miller	NBY	3B	96		-0.4	0.0	-0.5	0.0	0.0
161	Andy Porter	BEG	P	16	46.2	-0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
162	Murray Watkins	NE	3B	154		-0.5	-0.7	0.2	0.0	0.0
163	Frazier Robinson	BEG	C	47		-0.5	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
164	Bill Bradford	NBY	LF	96		-0.6	-0.6	0.1	0.0	-0.1
165	Bud Barbee	BEG	1B	168	3.2	-0.6	0.3	-0.6	-0.2	-0.1
166	Larry Kimbrough	PS	P	21	27.0	-0.7	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	0.0
167	Felton Snow	BEG/PS	SS	193		-0.7	-0.9	0.1	0.0	0.2
168	Fred Hobgood	NE	P	16	29.1	-0.7	0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
169	Ossie Stewart	BEG	P	4	11.1	-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.7	0.0
170	Gerves Fagan	MULT	2B	46		-0.8	-0.2	-0.6	0.0	0.0
171	Austin Davis	NE	3B	39		-0.8	-0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.0
172	Percy Forrest	NBY	P	20	50.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
173	Bob Evans	NBY/PS	P	32	64.2	-0.9	-0.2	0.0	-0.6	0.0
174	Bricktop Wright	NBY	RF	78		-0.9	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0
175	John McCrary	NBY	P	9	16.0	-1.1	0.0	0.0	-1.1	0.0
176	Frank Russell	BEG	2B	205		-1.3	-0.3	-1.2	0.0	0.1
177	Emery Adams	NBY/PS	RF	85	35.2	-2.9	0.4	-0.1	-3.1	-0.1

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